Lex Fridman Podcast Transcripts | Free YouTube Transcript API

Get transcripts of Lex Fridman Podcast videos via REST API. Long-form interviews about ai, science, and philosophy. Free tier available. Use the YouTube Transcript API to programmatically pull transcripts from Lex Fridman Podcast videos for analysis, summarization, search, or AI training.

Quick start

Get any Lex Fridman Podcast video's transcript in one HTTP request:

curl "https://youtubetranscript.us/api/v1/transcript?video_id=YOUR_VIDEO_ID" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

Python example

import requests
r = requests.get("https://youtubetranscript.us/api/v1/transcript",
                 params={"video_id": "VIDEO_ID"},
                 headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY"})
data = r.json()
for line in data["transcript"]:
    print(line["start"], line["text"])

Why use it for Lex Fridman Podcast?

Get started: Sign up for a free API key. 500 requests/month on the starter plan.

Other popular channels